It's always fun to learn about Christmas traditions around the world. In the U.S., most of us enjoy a turkey or holiday ham for our Christmas dinner, but in Eastern Europe, if you were there today, chances are you would find a carp in the bathtub.

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The Guantanamo Bay prisoners released to Slovakia as part of efforts to empty the controversial US military detention centre pose no security risk, the Slovak interior ministry said Friday.

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Andrej Kiska has been elected president of Slovakia in a runoff vote against the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, The surprise win by Kiska prevented Fico from obtaining even more power as his party controls parliament and he is prime minister.

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Political newcomer and millionaire Andrej Kiska emerged out of nowhere to win a landslide in a presidential run-off, preventing veteran leftist Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico from tightening his grip on power.

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Slovaks return to the polls on Saturday to choose their president in a fractious and tight run-off between Prime Minister Robert Fico and political newcomer and philanthropist, Andrej Kiska.

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The European Central Bank is prepared to combat deflationary risks threatening the recovery in the eurozone, Slovak central bank chief and ECB Governing Council member Josef Makuch said Tuesday."

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Prime Minister Robert Fico and millionaire-philanthropist Andrej Kiska will face off March 29 in round two of Slovakia's presidential election after topping Saturday's duel focused on a power grab by Fico's leftists.Fico, a popular ex-communist, scored...

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Prime Minister Robert Fico and millionaire-philanthropist Andrej Kiska will face off on March 29, in the second round of Slovakia's presidential election after clinching the top two spots in voting on Saturday.Fico scored 28 percent of the vote in roun...

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Slovaks head to the polls on Saturday for round one of a presidential election that Prime Minister Robert Fico is poised to win, sparking concern his leftist Social Democrats could monopolise power in the eurozone country.A victory for the ex-communist...

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Slovakia's government on Wednesday suspended its plan to create a single state-owned health insurer and potentially nationalise the EU member's two private insurers."The healthcare ministry will not take further steps toward the introduction of a singl...

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Five little Roma boys braving the February chill in just T-shirts kick around a football in front of a ramshackle building in Brezno, central Slovakia, as their worried parents look on.Dasa Bucekova, a 40-year old mother of two, has had trouble sleepin...

The European Central Bank cuts interest rate from 0.50 percent to 0.25 percent. The historically low rate shows E.C.B.’s intentions to save the Euro but may have quickened the abolishment the Euro instead.